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Saturday's football photos

Stoke City 2-0 Liverpool: In the early evening game one of the best chances of the first half falls to the Potters' Kenwyne Jones but he sends his header wide when well placed

The hosts look much the better side after the break and give their already vociferous supporters even more to cheer when Ricardo Fuller (centre) forces the ball over the line in the 56th minute

As the match moves into injury time Jones atones for his earlier miss by calmly finishing to wrap-up victory and move Stoke above Liverpool into tenth

Aston Villa 2-2 Manchester United: The opening goal arrives in the 72nd minute when Ashley Young wins and then converts a penalty for the hosts after being brought down by Wes Brown

Villa double their lead four minutes later when Albrighton gets on the end of Stewart Downing's cross to leave the visitors needing a big effort to avoid defeat

Most teams would find a comeback tough but Sir Alex Ferguson's players see the deficit reduced by substitute Federico Macheda who drills a fine effort past goalkeeper Brad Friedel with nine minutes to go

The goal sees momentum swing back into Manchester United's favour and they grab an equaliser when Nemanja Vidic heads home from Nani's cross to make it 2-2, preserving his club's unbeaten start to the season

Tottenham Hotspur 4-2 Blackburn Rovers: After drawing with Sunderland on Tuesday, Spurs get off to a good start when the in-form Gareth Bale finds the net in the 16th minute

The remainder of the first half is all about Russian striker Roman Pavlyuchenko who misses a 31st-minute penalty but makes up for it with a bullet header just before the break to make it 2-0

With just over 20 minutes to go Peter Crouch prods home a third as former Spurs goalkeeper Paul Robinson can only parry Pavlyuchenko's shot

Victory is assured for Tottenham when Bale mis-hits a fourth as Blackburn, despite two late consolation goals from David Dunn and Gael Givet, suffer a miserable afternoon

Wolverhampton Wanderers 2-3 Bolton Wanderers: Mick McCarthy sees his Wolves side suffer a terrible start when Richard Stearman heads into his own net to gift a 1-0 lead to the Trotters

A fine individual goal by Swedish forward Johan Elmander puts Bolton 2-0 up just after the hour as Owen Coyle's team impress at Molineux

They then proceed to open up a commanding 3-0 lead in the 67th minute when Stuart Holden (left) scores his first for the club after being picked out by Chung-Yong Lee

Instead of completely capitulating Wolves respond with two goals of their own courtesy of Kevin Foley (pictured) and Steven Fletcher but it is not quite enough as the visitors hold on

Wigan Athletic 1-0 West Bromwich Albion: A solitary strike from former Crystal Palace player Victor Moses with 20 minutes to go proves to be enough for the Latics as they pick up three precious points

Manchester City 0-0 Birmingham City: Everyone connected with the Eastlands club endures a very frustrating day as they draw a blank against Alex McLeish's well-drilled charges

Newcastle United 0-0 Fulham: A watchable contest at St James' Park sees the teams share the points but Moussa Dembele (left) goes closest for the Cottagers as his effort hits the crossbar

West Ham United 0-0 Blackpool: DJ Campbell tries to get the better the hosts' Scott Parker in a game where both sides miss some great chances on their way to playing out a goalless draw

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